Canada has handled coronavirus outbreak better than US, Trudeau says

• PM says situation stabilizing although some hotspots remain
• Canada, with 8,711 deaths so far, warned not to relax too soon

Canada has handled the coronavirus outbreak better than many of its allies, including the United States, said Justin Trudeau on Wednesday, in a rare public comment on the faltering effort to contain the pandemic in the US.

Canada - with a population a tenth of the size of the United States - has so far recorded 8,711 deaths and 106,167 cases and Trudeau said the situation was stabilizing, although some hotspots remained.